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Title: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: Revive 755 on August 07, 2013, 09:29:11 PM
http://libraryexhibits.utad.utoledo.edu/WTX/images/excase17/expressway.pdf (http://libraryexhibits.utad.utoledo.edu/WTX/images/excase17/expressway.pdf)
Title: Re: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: countysigns on August 09, 2013, 06:54:13 PM
^^ Nice find!  Interesting to see how the Distributor would have functioned if it was built.  I drive by the stubs on I-75 nearly every week...very interesting to see how they would have functioned.
Title: Re: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: tvketchum on August 22, 2013, 07:54:22 PM
All  those years that I drove past the stubs on I-75, wondering what they were intended for.
Title: Re: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: JREwing78 on August 22, 2013, 10:45:59 PM
Except for the section through the downtown area, the Greenbelt Pkwy largely duplicates this Distributor's function. I used to travel frequently between Lansing, MI and Cleveland, and I would generally follow I-475 E -> I-75 N -> I-280 S to the Turnpike.

I can't say I would've missed having the Distributor as an option. Oddly enough, it's about the same distance to use I-475 E -> I-75 S to the Turnpike, but I much preferred the lighter traffic on I-280 and driving the Veterans' Glass City Skyway (despite occasional falling ice).
Title: Re: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: thenetwork on August 23, 2013, 09:16:04 AM
It would've been nice if they at least built at least a direct expressway connector from I-75 to the Anthony Wayne Bridge over the Maumee River.
Title: Re: Study with maps for unbuilt Toledo Downtown Distributor Expressway
Post by: Henry on August 23, 2013, 11:21:18 AM
Quote from: tvketchum on August 22, 2013, 07:54:22 PM
All  those years that I drove past the stubs on I-75, wondering what they were intended for.

Guess that mystery has been solved!

Quote from: thenetwork on August 23, 2013, 09:16:04 AM
It would've been nice if they at least built at least a direct expressway connector from I-75 to the Anthony Wayne Bridge over the Maumee River.

Seconded!